Re: Anyone dual booted freebsd/vista yet?
O/H Jerry McAllister έγραψε: On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 07:09:16PM -0500, Jonathan Horne wrote: On Friday 04 May 2007 16:01:38 Jeff Palmer wrote: At 03:26 PM 5/4/2007, Jonathan Horne wrote: Has anyone successful configured a freebsd/vista dual boot, and if so, how did you get around this issue? Thanks, -- Jonathan Horne In vista there is a command-line tool for editing the boot sector: *bcdedit* http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsVista/en/library/08d64d13-4f45-4a05-bd86-c99211a93dd91033.mspx?mfr=true And as you might expect there is a GUI for this tool by a third-party provider: *EasyBCD* http://neosmart.net/gallery/v/neosmart/EasyBCD/1_50/ It claims to be able to allow for vista/BSD dual boot but I haven't tested yet. *Screenshot* http://neosmart.net/gallery/v/neosmart/EasyBCD/1_50/Add-Remove+Entries.png.html All I did was dual boot vista and xp with the help of this utility. RTFM and STFW before anything bad happens _ Thanos Rizoulis Electronic Computing Systems Engineer Larissa, Greece FreeBSD/PCBSD user ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Anyone dual booted freebsd/vista yet?
On Fri, 4 May 2007 19:09:16 -0500 Jonathan Horne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 04 May 2007 16:01:38 Jeff Palmer wrote: 2) as i was installing the gag per recommendation, this ended what appeared to be successfully, but in the end, i didnt have gag. Gag runs on a floppy or other removable media. It some stage you have to have it write itself onto the hard-drive, rather than back to the floppy. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Anyone dual booted freebsd/vista yet?
On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 07:09:16PM -0500, Jonathan Horne wrote: On Friday 04 May 2007 16:01:38 Jeff Palmer wrote: At 03:26 PM 5/4/2007, Jonathan Horne wrote: Has anyone successful configured a freebsd/vista dual boot, and if so, how did you get around this issue? Thanks, -- Jonathan Horne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org Jonathan, you may want to search the archives. I posed this same question a while back, and then found a working solution. It involved getting rid of the freebsd boot manager, and migrating to grub 0.94 Jeff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] well, i hate it when this happens, but somehow i fixed it, but i have no idea what i did to eliminate the problem. unfortunatly, my methods were not very scientific, and i didnt bother to test after each step i took. things i did that could have been the fix: 1) inserting the vista install cd, and letting it run thru a repair session. it went kinda quick, and i didnt pay close attention to what it was doing, but it appeared to know exactly what the problem was and what to do. after this, i am 95% positive that it booted back into vista without pausing at the freebsd loader (ie, had restored the original bootloader). unfortunatly, i cant say for sure. 2) as i was installing the gag per recommendation, this ended what appeared to be successfully, but in the end, i didnt have gag. i was back at a working freebsd loader, and it now boots into either freebsd or vista without any complaints at all. *scratches head* oh well, ill take it. :) Something about gift horses -- does it still apply in this age of technology. I think so. jerry -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyone dual booted freebsd/vista yet?
Well, I setup my laptop to dual boot freebsd 6.2-p4 and vista. It was actually an XP/freebsd at first (installed XP, then installed freebsd). The normal boot loader worked exactly as expected. So, upgraded the XP to vista, which seemed to go perfectly normal. Got everything the way I wanted it, and then popped in my 6.2 cd and rebooted. Went to fixit console, and did a Fdisk -B -b /boot/boot0 /dev/ad0 Rebooted, booted into freebsd fine. Rebooted again, hit F1 for DOS, and kaboom. Winboot.exe is missing! Has anyone successful configured a freebsd/vista dual boot, and if so, how did you get around this issue? Thanks, -- Jonathan Horne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Anyone dual booted freebsd/vista yet?
On 5/4/07, Jonathan Horne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I setup my laptop to dual boot freebsd 6.2-p4 and vista. It was actually an XP/freebsd at first (installed XP, then installed freebsd). The normal boot loader worked exactly as expected. So, upgraded the XP to vista, which seemed to go perfectly normal. Got everything the way I wanted it, and then popped in my 6.2 cd and rebooted. Went to fixit console, and did a Fdisk -B -b /boot/boot0 /dev/ad0 Rebooted, booted into freebsd fine. Rebooted again, hit F1 for DOS, and kaboom. Winboot.exe is missing! Has anyone successful configured a freebsd/vista dual boot, and if so, how did you get around this issue? Thanks, -- Jonathan Horne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org I have vista and freebsd on separate hard disks, so I just switch which drive to boot off in the bios -- The biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has occurred. G. B. Shaw www.thelastcitadel.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Anyone dual booted freebsd/vista yet?
Jonathan Horne wrote: Well, I setup my laptop to dual boot freebsd 6.2-p4 and vista. It was actually an XP/freebsd at first (installed XP, then installed freebsd). The normal boot loader worked exactly as expected. So, upgraded the XP to vista, which seemed to go perfectly normal. Got everything the way I wanted it, and then popped in my 6.2 cd and rebooted. Went to fixit console, and did a Fdisk -B -b /boot/boot0 /dev/ad0 Rebooted, booted into freebsd fine. Rebooted again, hit F1 for DOS, and kaboom. Winboot.exe is missing! Has anyone successful configured a freebsd/vista dual boot, and if so, how did you get around this issue? Thanks, The Grub bootloader has no trouble booting both Vista and FreeBSD. I created a small boot partition with a gparted live CD, installed grub using a linux live/rescue cd and added stanzas for Vista and Freebsd. Vista is chainloaded much the same way XP was. Worked without problems. At least for a day or two, then I ditched Vista :) ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Anyone dual booted freebsd/vista yet?
Jonathan Horne wrote: Well, I setup my laptop to dual boot freebsd 6.2-p4 and vista. It was actually an XP/freebsd at first (installed XP, then installed freebsd). The normal boot loader worked exactly as expected. So, upgraded the XP to vista, which seemed to go perfectly normal. Got everything the way I wanted it, and then popped in my 6.2 cd and rebooted. Went to fixit console, and did a Fdisk -B -b /boot/boot0 /dev/ad0 Rebooted, booted into freebsd fine. Rebooted again, hit F1 for DOS, and kaboom. Winboot.exe is missing! Has anyone successful configured a freebsd/vista dual boot, and if so, how did you get around this issue? Thanks, I have my laptop dualbooting Vista and FreeBSD. I did the install shortly after vista came out and at the time the FreeBSD boot loader did not boot Vista. I installed the GAG boot manager and it works like a champ. --Jay ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Anyone dual booted freebsd/vista yet?
On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 02:26:58PM -0500, Jonathan Horne wrote: Well, I setup my laptop to dual boot freebsd 6.2-p4 and vista. It was actually an XP/freebsd at first (installed XP, then installed freebsd). The normal boot loader worked exactly as expected. So, upgraded the XP to vista, which seemed to go perfectly normal. Got everything the way I wanted it, and then popped in my 6.2 cd and rebooted. Went to fixit console, and did a Fdisk -B -b /boot/boot0 /dev/ad0 Rebooted, booted into freebsd fine. Rebooted again, hit F1 for DOS, and kaboom. Winboot.exe is missing! Has anyone successful configured a freebsd/vista dual boot, and if so, how did you get around this issue? My first question is where does Winboot.exe normally live? Somehow, with a .exe extension, it doesn't sound like an MBR or boot sector issue, but rather one that shows up after the MS-V booter starts running.The boot doesn't normally execute files by name at that low level.Enough of the system has to be there to deal with a OS specific file system. I haven't played with Vista yet (ain't in any hurry either, but it will probably eventually happen), so I suppose they might now write something down there where most systems (including MS) only use block addresses and not file system tables/links. But, if not, then writing a FreeBSD MBR should not make any difference. So, that is why I am wondering where they are expecting to find Winboot.exe and who is expecting to find it. I presume, since you installed Vista first, that it is first on the disk (other than any vendor installed diagnostic slice). If not, that might cause a problem. jerry Thanks, -- Jonathan Horne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Anyone dual booted freebsd/vista yet?
At 03:26 PM 5/4/2007, Jonathan Horne wrote: Has anyone successful configured a freebsd/vista dual boot, and if so, how did you get around this issue? Thanks, -- Jonathan Horne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org Jonathan, you may want to search the archives. I posed this same question a while back, and then found a working solution. It involved getting rid of the freebsd boot manager, and migrating to grub 0.94 Jeff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Anyone dual booted freebsd/vista yet?
On Friday 04 May 2007 16:01:38 Jeff Palmer wrote: At 03:26 PM 5/4/2007, Jonathan Horne wrote: Has anyone successful configured a freebsd/vista dual boot, and if so, how did you get around this issue? Thanks, -- Jonathan Horne [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org Jonathan, you may want to search the archives. I posed this same question a while back, and then found a working solution. It involved getting rid of the freebsd boot manager, and migrating to grub 0.94 Jeff ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] well, i hate it when this happens, but somehow i fixed it, but i have no idea what i did to eliminate the problem. unfortunatly, my methods were not very scientific, and i didnt bother to test after each step i took. things i did that could have been the fix: 1) inserting the vista install cd, and letting it run thru a repair session. it went kinda quick, and i didnt pay close attention to what it was doing, but it appeared to know exactly what the problem was and what to do. after this, i am 95% positive that it booted back into vista without pausing at the freebsd loader (ie, had restored the original bootloader). unfortunatly, i cant say for sure. 2) as i was installing the gag per recommendation, this ended what appeared to be successfully, but in the end, i didnt have gag. i was back at a working freebsd loader, and it now boots into either freebsd or vista without any complaints at all. *scratches head* oh well, ill take it. :) -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
